“My father was Greek, my mother French; my grandfather was Danish, my grandmother Russian, and my other grandmother half-Spanish. Each of them was a member of the royal family of his or her respective country.”
In Vanity Fair magazine, 2003
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“My father was Greek, my mother French; my grandfather was Danish, my grandmother Russian, and my other grandmother half-Spanish. Each of them was a member of the royal family of his or her respective country.”
In Vanity Fair magazine, 2003
Having lost both his parents as a child, HRH Prince Michel of Greece and Denmark was adopted by HRH The Count of Paris – Henri d’Orléans (1908–1999), pretender to the French throne – and joined his 11 children. Educated in Paris, he moved to Greece at age 21, and took active part in court life as well as royal celebrations at home and in other countries.
In 1965, he married a Greek textile heiress and had to renounce his place in the line of succession. The couple with their two daughters would leave Greece – after the abolition of the monarchy – first for Paris, and thereafter settle in New York where he authored more than 25 books, and she gained praise for her sculptures.
Prince Michel is survived by his wife, Princess Marina, their two daughters – Princesses Alexandra and Olga, Duchess of Aosta – as well as their grandchildren.
BY ALAN NAZAR IPEKIAN
